Melissa Wilson
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 10th Jun 1993 (31 years old)
Club: CUWBC
Height: 175cm
Hometown: Edinburgh
A World U23 medallist and A-finalist at the 2017 and 2018 World Rowing Championships, Melissa Wilson hopes to make a mark on the senior international stage during the Tokyo Olympiad.
As stroke of the victorious Cambridge blue boat for the 2017 Women’s Boat Race, Wilson has demonstrated impressive talent during her short time in rowing. She took up the sport at university and has since won silver and bronze medals at the 2014 and 2015 World Rowing U23 Championships, and finished seventh in the single sculls at the FISU World University Rowing Championships in 2016.
She made her senior debut in 2017 at the World Cup in Lucerne, racing to sixth in the women’s four. She then went on to race with Cambridge teammate Holly Hill in the women’s pair at the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton, finishing fourth. Last summer she came fifth in the women’s quad at the World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv.
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
| Year | Event | Position | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
6 | W4x |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
4 | W4x |
| 2019 | European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI |
5 | W4x |
| 2018 | World Rowing Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
5 | W4x |
| 2018 | European Rowing Championships Glasgow, GBR |
4 | W4x |
| 2018 | World Rowing Cup II Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
1 (FB Final) | W4x |
| 2017 | World Rowing Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
4 | W2- |
| 2017 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
6 | W4- |
| 2015 | World Rowing Under 23 Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
BW4- | |
| 2014 | World Rowing U23 Championships Varese, ITA |
BW8+ |
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- W4x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W4x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W4x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W4x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Glasgow, GBR - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W4x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- 1 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W4x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W2-
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- W4-
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Position:
- Boat:
- BW4-
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing U23 Championships
Varese, ITA - Position:
- Boat:
- BW8+
